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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6 riot, Justice Department says — Two U.S. Capitol Police officers and 11 Democratic House members are seeking to hold Donald Trump liable for injuries they suffered during the riot. — Former president Donald Trump can be held liable in court …
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Associated Press:
Justice Dept: Trump can be sued by police for Jan. 6 actions — 1 of 3 — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday …
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NBC News:
Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6, Justice Department says — DOJ attorneys said in a court filing in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that Trump does not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers and members of Congress,
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Los Angeles Times
Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits
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New York Times, CBS News and Slate
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook
The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation — The House Ethics Committee has established an investigative subcommittee to look into issues surrounding Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has admitted to numerous fabrications about his background and faced scrutiny over his campaign …
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Associated Press:
George Santos now under investigation by House Ethics panel
George Santos now under investigation by House Ethics panel
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos
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Just The News
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
House ethics panel to investigate Rep. George Santos
House ethics panel to investigate Rep. George Santos
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Semafor and Just The News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Finally, Democrats appear ready to wage war on Fox News — For years, Democrats have been deeply conflicted about Fox News. At times, they've shunned the network as an irredeemable source of disinformation, boycotting it or banning it from covering Democratic presidential primary debates.
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Politico:
Trump's loosening grip on GOP defines early 2024 campaign — Rep. Thomas Massie was so eager for Donald Trump's endorsement in a contested primary three years ago that he ran TV ads targeted at the then-president in Florida to win his support. — Today, Massie is all but shunning Trump and his comeback campaign.
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis says GOP will not ‘mess with Social Security,’ as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization
DeSantis says GOP will not ‘mess with Social Security,’ as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization
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Florida Politics, Washington Examiner, CBS News and Politico
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Republicans Can't Wait for Trump to Implode
Republicans Can't Wait for Trump to Implode
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CNN:
Michigan AG says she was among those targeted in threat to kill Jewish members of state government — A Michigan man allegedly threatened on social media to kill Jewish members of the Michigan government, the FBI said, and state Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was among those targeted.
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Kaila Philo / Talking Points Memo:
Michigan Man Charged With Threatening To Kill All The State's Jewish Elected Officials
Michigan Man Charged With Threatening To Kill All The State's Jewish Elected Officials
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Vivek Saxena / American Wire News:
Teacher with prosthetic Z-cups placed on leave from class, accused of dressing like a man outside work — Kayla Lemieux, the biological male high school teacher who became famous for strutting around school dressed as a woman with z-size prosthetic breasts, has reportedly been placed on leave from Oakville Trafalgar High School.
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
Once the World's Largest, a Hotel Goes ‘Poof!’ Before Our Eyes — The Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan was a virtual city within a city. But in the end, nothing could save it. — Bit by bit, floor by floor, the building that once rose 22 stories over Penn Station is shrinking before the city's very eyes.
Lane Brown / Vulture:
Bad Projection Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience — Multiplexes are failing at their most basic function: delivering a bright, sharp image. — Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Majors look like crap. Usually, they're two of the most radiant, dermatologically exceptional people in the world.
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The Wrap
Thomas Meaney / New York Times:
America Is In Over Its Head — The greatest blunder President Vladimir Putin may have made so far in Ukraine is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose the war. The early Russian strike on Kyiv stumbled and failed. The Russian behemoth seemed not nearly as formidable as it had been made out to be.
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP sources: Biden not expected to veto GOP effort on DC laws — 1 of 3 — President Joe Biden isn't expected to veto Republican-sponsored resolutions that would block new District of Columbia laws that change how the nation's capital votes and how the city prosecutes and punishes crime, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Please Lie to Me, Tucker — Fox News isn't news at all. — Oh, how conservatives loved to hate the media. I witnessed it firsthand for decades. In any speech before a conservative audience, the jokes about media bias got the loudest laughs and heartiest applause.
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Alternet.org and Raw Story
Richard Hanania / Richard Hanania's Newsletter:
How I Changed My Mind on Social Media and Teen Depression — Randomized experiments and cross-national data argue that phones are making kids miserable — There's been a torrent of recent articles about the massive increase in depression among young Americans, particularly girls, and the possibility that social media is to blame.
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College Park, MD:
City Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation — Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation — College Park, MD, March 2, 2023 - Last night, after business hours, Mayor Patrick L. Wojahn submitted his letter of resignation as Mayor of the City of College Park, effective immediately on March 2.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
DeSantis Cronies Force College to Close Diversity Office — If Ron DeSantis has his way, what his board did at New College will happen at every public university in Florida. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' handpicked board of trustees voted to shutter …
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Ayat Al-Tawy / ABC News:
Egypt unveils hidden tunnel inside Great Pyramid of Giza — “Scanning work will continue to uncover more secrets.” — Tourists visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, on February 2, 2023.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 1, 2023 — Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced today that it will cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing costs for people with private insurance and those without insurance who sign up for Lilly's copay assistance program into line with the $35 cap for Medicare recipients Congress imposed …
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Reuters:
U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk's bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks — Musk has said his brain implant company, Neuralink, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs. But the firm still struggles to secure clinical-trial approval …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
How Gisele Fetterman became the right wing's favorite super villain — Tucker Carlson and others use a familiar blame-women tactic. — I started my twice-a-decade rereading of “The Handmaid's Tale” a few nights ago, and one scene that sticks out every time I pick up the book …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News election fraud revelations could take down the network's embattled chief — New York CNN — Who will Rupert Murdoch exile from the Fox kingdom? — The Fox Corporation chairman is facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to cause considerable financial and reputational damage …
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Reason, Mediaite, Morning Shots and Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Texas congressman who backed gun-control bill faces GOP censure vote — Rep. Tony Gonzales cast the vote in the last Congress after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which is part of his district. — Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.) is facing a censure vote this weekend …
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Foolishness of Scott Adams — His argument for racial prejudice isn't just pernicious. It's stupid. — Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the comic strip Dilbert, has been canceled for racism. In a video livestream last Wednesday, he declared: — “I resign from the hate group called black Americans.”
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Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
Why Did Spotify Have an Official ‘Hitler Radio’ Playlist? — Despite multiple admonitions from hate-watch groups calling out streaming services for “hate music,” a Rolling Stone investigation finds that racist and antisemitic rhetoric still has a home — UNTIL LAST WEEK …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Clashes as Charlie Kirk Speaks at California University — ‘FASCISTS OFF CAMPUS’ — Scores of students were seen protesting outside the University of California Wednesday night ahead of an appearance by far-right youth leader Charlie Kirk, who appeared at the university for his Live Free Tour.
Washington Post:
Republicans seize on train derailment to go after Buttigieg — Secretary's defenders say he is being targeted for reasons unrelated to the accident — Republicans are seizing on the trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to ramp up their attacks against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg …
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James Politi / Financial Times:
US launches new crackdown on Russian sanctions busting — Push by three agencies comes amid fears imports flowing from UAE and Turkey are fuelling war in Ukraine — The US has launched a renewed crackdown on countries and individuals helping the Kremlin evade western sanctions amid growing fears Russia …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Likely Violated Ethics Laws With Met Gala Appearance, Says House Ethics Office — The House Office of Congressional Ethics found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “may have accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance …
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Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
Sophie Mann / Daily Mail:
In The Witches (pictured), ‘old hag’ has been changed to ‘old crow’, while ‘you must be mad, woman’ is now ‘you must be out of your mind’ — The team together dismantled many of the colorful phrases and names that Dahl employed in his writing. — In The Twits, descriptions of appearances have been pared back.
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RedState
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Is a Huge Taylor Swift Fan — The Attorney General routinely works her lyrics into conversations and legal arguments. 'My favorite song is “Shake It Off.” - Copy Link — 1x — WASHINGTON - At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, senators grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland …
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Binance Is a ‘Hotbed’ of Illegal Activity, Bipartisan US Senators Allege — US Senators representing both Democrats and Republicans are demanding that Binance and Binance.US provide a detailed accounting of their finances and efforts to maintain regulatory compliance, according to a letter signed …
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